After talks with Angela Merkel, is David Cameron’s quest for EU renegotiation doomed to failure? January 7, 2015 Ruth Lea is economic adviser to the Arbuthnot Banking Group, says Yes Very little was expected from Chancellor Angela Merkel’s latest visit. But putting that aside, there have to be major doubts that any renegotiation of the terms of the UK’s EU membership would amount to much, however badly some of us would like to [...]
No meeting for Ed Miliband as Angela Merkel flies in for talks with David Cameron January 6, 2015 Labour leader Ed Miliband was left feeling hard done by yesterday, after it emerged that he was not informed of German chancellor Angela Merkel’s visit to the UK. Merkel is set to tour the British Museum with David Cameron this morning, before the pair meet in Downing Street to discuss Europe and the G7 summit [...]
German prices below target as Merkel rules out fiscal stimulus October 15, 2014 INFLATION in Germany remained steady in September, but was still undershooting the European Central Bank’s target. Prices rose by 0.8 per cent year-on-year in September, according to figures released by Germany’s Federal Statistics Office yesterday. The year-on-year figure has been the same for the three months, marking a brief pause in a longer term trend [...]
Merkel backs Baltic states but rules out combat troops August 19, 2014 German Chancellor Angela Merkel has pledged to support the Baltic states against a possible Russian threat but refused to commit to the deployment of ground troops. Speaking in the Latvian capital Riga, Merkel said she supported "enhanced preparations" to deploy NATO forces to the region in case of an imminent threat. She reassured the Latvian [...]
Merkel could step down ahead of term July 14, 2014 GERMAN chancellor Angela Merkel could step down from her position in the years ahead, or may not stand in the country’s next election, according to Der Spiegel. A chancellor has not left the job without losing a federal or internal party election in Germany since 1949.
Germany’s Angela Merkel sends strong warning to US over spy claims July 7, 2014 German Chancellor Angela Merkel has spoken for the first time about an alleged double agent in the German intelligence community, claiming if true it would be “a clear contradiction of what I consider to be trusting co-operation” with the US. Speaking during a trade visit to China, her seventh since taking office in 2005, Merkel [...]
Merkel: Russia’s is “the law of the jungle” March 13, 2014 Germany’s chancellor Angela Merkel has accused Russia of invoking “the law of the jungle” in the Crimea crisis, warning that EU leaders are poised to take further action. If Russia continues on its current path, it’ll be a catastrophe not just for Ukraine and the EU, but for Russia as well, she said. In a [...]
Queen Merkel stands firm on EU treaty deal February 27, 2014 GERMAN chancellor Angela Merkel failed to throw David Cameron the lifeline he needed over EU reform yesterday, warning in a speech that anyone looking for support for fundamental changes to the union would be “in for a disappointment.” Merkel got the full red-carpet treatment during her visit to Downing Street, but if the pomp was [...]
Cameron and Merkel gear up for showdown over EU treaty change February 26, 2014 DAVID Cameron is being urged to confront the tricky topic of EU negotiation in a clash with German chancellor Angela Merkel today, as the two politicians meet in London. Merkel will address parliament today before joining the Prime Minister for lunch, where she is expected to insist that while reform in Brussels is necessary, the EU [...]
Why Merkel’s EU reform shopping list isn’t enough February 26, 2014 GERMAN Chancellor Angela Merkel arrives in London today on an official visit that many are heralding as the start of David Cameron’s pitch to renegotiate Britain’s relationship with the EU. Unlike Francois Hollande’s trip to an Oxfordshire pub last month, when the French President said he wouldn’t support treaty change, initial reports suggest Merkel is [...]